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Harford County awarded $560K grant for road safety
Listen to this articleHarford County has been awarded a $560,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation‘s Safe Streets and Roads for All program to support road safety and improvement efforts throughout the county, local government officials announced Monday.
Combined with $140,000 in existing county funding, the SS4A grant will provide $700,000 for engineering studies and planning efforts countywide, according to a county release.
“Preventing crashes and saving the lives of drivers and pedestrians through road safety projects are priorities for my administration,” Harford County Executive Bob Cassilly said in a news release.
“This federal grant will help us analyze and design safety improvements to county roads and greatly expand the number of road safety projects we can undertake.”
The county’s Bureau of Highways Engineering, a division of the Department of Public Works, keeps a list of locations for evaluation based on criteria like crash frequency and known sight distance limitations. Roadways that meet this particular criteria are prioritized, according to county officials.
According to the Harford County government, the county’s public works department has secured more than $1.6 million in federal and state grant funding designated for highway improvement and road infrastructure since Cassilly took office.
This story has been updated.
